Mill Of Girlsta, Girlsta is a Grade B listed building in the Shetland Islands local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 18 October 1977. Grain mill. 2 related planning applications.

Mill Of Girlsta, Girlsta

WRENN ID
weathered-lancet-smoke
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Shetland Islands
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
18 October 1977
Type
Grain mill
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

Description

  1. Former commercial grain mill comprising 2-storey 2-bay earlier range with kiln at S end, and 2-storey and attic granary added to S, all in one continuous range oriented N-S. Random granite rubble walls with stugged ashlar dressings, harl pointing to later range.

S GABLE: symmetrical, 2-leaf vertically-boarded timber doors at each floor, ground and 1st floor doors in tall shared opening.

W ELEVATION: asymmetrical, bays grouped 2-1-3, 2-storey lower range to left, regularly fenestrated, with square windows at 1st floor; single window below eaves to kiln at centre; regularly fenestrated granary range with square windows at 1st floor to right.

N GABLE: blank, squared rubble walls to pit containing cast-iron over-shot waterwheel at centre of gable, some timber paddles surviving.

E ELEVATION: asymmetrical, bays spaced 3-1-2, granary range to left with square windows at 1st floor in left and centre bays, loading door in bay to right; single window below eaves to kiln at centre; window and door in left and right bays respectively at 1st floor of range to outer right.

6 and 4-pane fixed-light timber windows to ground and 1st floors respectively. Stugged ashlar skew-copes, purple-grey slate roofs to kiln and later range

Detailed Attributes

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